By the time you read this, as they say, the final winners from the two dozen contenders gathered on these two CDs will have been chosen at the BBC's Jazz Awards ceremony on July 12 - check the Arts and Entertainment blog for the outcome. Compilations are often a record label's opportunistic shuffle through its back catalogue, but these tracks represent something rather different: a raft of young and upcoming, or older and overlooked, British artists whose indie-produced recordings you might otherwise never get around to searching out. Contrary to the UK-angled spirit of the event (but undoubtedly sensible from a marketeer's angle), international singers Madeleine Peyroux and Curtis Stigers kick off each disc. Otherwise, it's a fascinating sweep across the current UK contemporary scene: the eclectic avant-funk of Fraud, world jazz of Byron Wallen, muscular free improv of Evan Parker, gliding elegance of Norma Winstone (with American pianist Fred Hersch), crackling swing of the Stan Tracey Octet and much more.